Book 18 Chapter 1 | |
1 | janamejaya uvāca |
1 | svargaṃ triviṣṭapaṃ prāpya mama pūrvapitāmahāḥ
pāṇḍavā dhārtarāṣṭrāś ca kāni sthānāni bhejire |
2 | etad icchāmy ahaṃ śrotuṃ sarvavic cāsi me mataḥ
maharṣiṇābhyanujñāto vyāsenādbhutakarmaṇā |
3 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
3 | svargaṃ triviṣṭapaṃ prāpya tava pūrvapitāmahāḥ
yudhiṣṭhiraprabhṛtayo yad akurvata tac chṛṇu |
4 | svargaṃ triviṣṭapaṃ prāpya dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
duryodhanaṃ śriyā juṣṭaṃ dadarśāsīnam āsane |
5 | bhrājamānam ivādityaṃ vīralakṣmyābhisaṃvṛtam
devair bhrājiṣṇubhiḥ sādhyaiḥ sahitaṃ puṇyakarmabhiḥ |
6 | tato yudhiṣṭhiro dṛṣṭvā duryodhanam amarṣitaḥ
sahasā saṃnivṛtto 'bhūc chriyaṃ dṛṣṭvā suyodhane |
7 | bruvann uccair vacas tān vai nāhaṃ duryodhanena vai
sahitaḥ kāmaye lokāṃl lubdhenādīrghadarśinā |
8 | yatkṛte pṛthivī sarvā suhṛdo bāndhavās tathā
hatāsmābhiḥ prasahyājau kliṣṭaiḥ pūrvaṃ mahāvane |
9 | draupadī ca sabhāmadhye pāñcālī dharmacāriṇī
parikliṣṭānavadyāṅgī patnī no gurusaṃnidhau |
10 | svasti devā na me kāmaḥ suyodhanam udīkṣitum
tatrāhaṃ gantum icchāmi yatra te bhrātaro mama |
11 | maivam ity abravīt taṃ tu nāradaḥ prahasann iva
svarge nivāso rājendra viruddhaṃ cāpi naśyati |
12 | yudhiṣṭhira mahābāho maivaṃ vocaḥ kathaṃ cana
duryodhanaṃ prati nṛpaṃ śṛṇu cedaṃ vaco mama |
13 | eṣa duryodhano rājā pūjyate tridaśaiḥ saha
sadbhiś ca rājapravarair ya ime svargavāsinaḥ |
14 | vīralokagatiṃ prāpto yuddhe hutvātmanas tanum
yūyaṃ sarve surasamā yena yuddhe samāsitāḥ |
15 | sa eṣa kṣatradharmeṇa sthānam etad avāptavān
bhaye mahati yo 'bhīto babhūva pṛthivīpatiḥ |
16 | na tan manasi kartavyaṃ putra yad dyūtakāritam
draupadyāś ca parikleśaṃ na cintayatum arhasi |
17 | ye cānye 'pi parikleśā yuṣmākaṃ dyūtakāritāḥ
saṃgrāmeṣv atha vānyatra na tān saṃsmartum arhasi |
18 | samāgaccha yathānyāyaṃ rājñā duryodhanena vai
svargo 'yaṃ neha vairāṇi bhavanti manujādhipa |
19 | nāradenaivam uktas tu kururājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
bhrātṝn papraccha medhāvī vākyam etad uvāca ha |
20 | yadi duryodhanasyaite vīralokāḥ sanātanāḥ
adharmajñasya pāpasya pṛthivīsuhṛdadruhaḥ |
21 | yatkṛte pṛthivī naṣṭā sahayā sarathadvipā
vayaṃ ca manyunā dagdhā vairaṃ praticikīrṣavaḥ |
22 | ye te vīrā mahātmāno bhrātaro me mahāvratāḥ
satyapratijñā lokasya śūrā vai satyavādinaḥ |
23 | teṣām idānīṃ ke lokā draṣṭum icchāmi tān aham
karṇaṃ caiva mahātmānaṃ kaunteyaṃ satyasaṃgaram |
24 | dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ sātyakiṃ ca dhṛṣṭadyumnasya cātmajān
ye ca śastrair vadhaṃ prāptāḥ kṣatradharmeṇa pārthivāḥ |
25 | kva nu te pārthivā brahman naitān paśyāmi nārada
virāṭadrupadau caiva dhṛṣṭaketumukhāṃś ca tān |
26 | śikhaṇḍinaṃ ca pāñcālyaṃ draupadeyāṃś ca sarvaśaḥ
abhimanyuṃ ca durdharṣaṃ draṣṭum icchāmi nārada |